COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE LABOR MARKET. Mr. lE. Maekintonh reports for the week ending May 10th. a* follows Business in the labor market has greatly improved this week, servants of all descriptions being very much enquired for. The demand for female servants is atiH as great as ever. Day labor is not so brisk, on account of the stoppage of the public works, which are now almost at a standstill. Rain is very mncft wanted iir this district. Seed is now getting, very scarce, in consequence of the long drought ; the want of rain also causes a lack of enquiry for farming hands, only a few of this class meeting with engagements. Rates of wages—Ploughmen, from 22s ffd to 23s per week ; shepherds. L 65 to L6O; married couptes, L - to> L 80; cooks, frotrt 30s to COsi; housemaids, las to LI ; general servants, 12s, 14s. to t&»; nurses, lis to 7s; hoys, 5s to 10a ; waiters, boots, and grooms, from 20» to 30t* ; day labor, 7s to !>s. TIMARL*. [BY TEHSO-RArtt.} May !>. There is no ehanu'e in gram quotations. Wheat, 3* 2d : oats, -s ; barley, ss. DtTNE"P l"N\ r»V Tld.KllUAt'll.} May ». Wheat, 3S <ld to "a Bd ; fowls' feed. & ftl t,o barley. Cs tidi to ft* ; teed. 3a to 3s Rd ; potatoes, L-l Ss to- L-l His : hay. new, L-f: do, old. Uti chaff. L 4 to L't tOs : straw. 12 liran, L-t; Hour, tarye sacks, L'-> to Lf> tOs ; oatmeal, L»t pearl hartey, L2B: onions, 9»: cheese, 7d to 8d ; baeoti. 9jd. Messrs. Anderson and Co.. milters, report:—.t'Tour, iti s:«;k!». oatmeal. LIB: pollard, U v brail, L't 10s ; peart t>artey. L2!>: fowl's' wheat. 2s !)d to 3a Bd; new oats, «s (Id. WKLTdWrTON. [I!Y 'tnr.t,>',l!lvAPlX.J: May t>_. t 'Mr. .fames O'Shea reports : —Aifetaide Hour unsettled', to Ll*t tfls; Canterbttry. Li)' 15s to Ll»: Oamaru. LtO to LtO 5s : sharps, Bs tOd : bran. Is: oats, 3» Kd t&& 9d: potatoes. L 3 to LB: hams and bacon, aid to- ( Jti. INV KRC A ECrllt. [BY 'I'ICtKIIKAWt.! Stay f>. Transactions in business circles are fairly numerous.. Oats were sold at the railway station at 2i5 per- bushel ; hags. S<t: wheat. 3* 9<l ! . for middling sampte. Oats may be <1 noted at from 2s to 2s 3d : superior mltttng wheat, 3s i)d to-ts -, barley, for a wett tilfed bright sampte would command 3s S)d : potatoes are worth L't to L-t 10s •, Hour sells at L!> to L!> tOs i bran is at Li> x and pollard at L.") tOa.
A tfcrlTßA E-1A 2* COM M KRCIA L. [iir eAt*tx] Ai>Ki.AfriK. Slay !>. Flour, Ltt to Lit 3s : wheat, ."s. S?t>NiCY, May !>. Raven's twist tobuceo, ts "di: loai 3<>s ; mmhed. 40» : brandy, kerosene, vice, candles, and New Zealand oats unchanged. LONDON WOOL SALES. Wisr.r,iso-wit, Stay tt>. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report as fotfows : _ LoNPojf, May 7. Wool—Th» sides opened with spirit on the tifch itistj., and will comprise about ai5.000- bales hates havi? been sent to tho inauufaeturiuif district direct. Crossbreds are tinner. Stome buyers ace puruhasing freely. There is an- active demand onp Crennan account, but tho French demand is moderate.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 955, 10 May 1879, Page 2
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